For basketball players, sneakers can act as mobile whiteboards where you can write messages for inspiration or to taunt the opposition. Now Reebok has caught on to the double-duty your high tops do on the blacktop with the new Talkin’ Krazy...
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The Irish Times has an interesting article on the history of the interactive whiteboard from the perspective of the inventors of the SMART Board. The idea for the technology came to Canadian mathematician Dave Martin in 1987, and he promptly crea...
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The Guardian has a thought-provoking article that says interactive whiteboards and other technology haven’t adequately adapted themselves for the visually impaired. While braille and other measures help the hard of seeing get around on a basic le...
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When you see a coach scribbling plays on a whiteboard during a pro basketball game on TV, you may wonder why he doesn’t just show his players a video on an interactive whiteboard touchscreen. The answer is simple enough - the NBA competitio...
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All primary school students in North Lanarkshire, Scotland will get their own whiteboard and set of magnetic letters to help improve their reading and writing skills as part of the Active Literacy project, according to a recent article in the Her...
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We mention interactive whiteboards a lot in this blog, whether it’s students complaining about how the technology inhibits classroom learning, or NBA coaches using touchpads to teach their players. However, for all the print and online arti...
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Teacher Phil Beadle summarizes the history of the chalkboard and whiteboard, then bemoans the rise of the interactive whiteboard in an impassioned editorial from today’s Guardian. He feels that a teacher can’t be “spontaneous” because interactive...
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